Gloucester City A.F.C.

Formation and the early years

Although born in March 1883, Gloucester AFC did not take their first steps until February 1884 almost one year after birth. An advert for that very first game played by Gloucester AFC appeared in The Citizen on Friday 8 February 1884: Football – Gloucester Association v Warmley (Bristol) Association. – This match (the first in the city under Association Rules) will be played on the ground of the Hornets F.C., Union-lane, tomorrow. Kick off 3.15 p.m. – (Advt.) However, that first Gloucester team folded in 1886. The club re-formed in September 1889. Gloucester's first competitive game in October 1889 was a Gloucestershire FA Junior Challenge Cup 1st Round tie beating Clifton Association Reserves 10–0 at Budding's Field. The club became members of the Bristol and District League which subsequently became the Western League. During this era the club was noted as 'The Gloucestrians' and 'The Citizens' in local media. The club were renamed 'Gloucester City' in 1902 and later merged with St. Michael's at the beginning of the 1906–07 campaign, and in the process adopted St. Michael's red kit colours. This club then folded in September 1910. A different team, Gloucester YMCA, formed at the same time and most of the players who had been with City joined Gloucester YMCA. By 1925, this latest club had assumed the name of Gloucester City once more and had become founder members of the Gloucestershire Northern Senior League. In 1934–35, after winning…

Southern Football League Premier Division play-off winners: 2008–09 Premier Division runners-up: 1990–91 Premier Division South play-off runners-up: 2024–25 Midland Division champions: 1988–89 Western Division runners-up: 2003–04 Southern League Cup: 1955–56 Southern League Cup runners-up: 1981–82 Merit Cup Winners: 1968–69 Birmingham Combination Tillotson Shield Winners: 1935–36 Gloucestershire Northern Senior League Champions: 1933–34 Runners-up: 1925–26, 1932–33, 1934–35 North Gloucestershire League Division One champions: 1907–08,1908–09 Gloucester and District League Division One champions: 1897–98, 1899–1900, 1903–04 Division One runners-up: 1898–99, 1906–07 Cheltenham and District League Division One champions: 1906–07 Division One runners-up: 1909–10 Mid Gloucestershire League Champions: 1898–99, 1899–1900, 1900–01 Gloucester City Hurrans Cup League [War-time League] Runners-up: 1942–43 Gloucestershire FA Senior Professional Cup Winners (18 Times) : 1950, 1951, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1991, 1993, 2024. Runners-up (36 Times): 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1976, 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2009, 2010, 2018 Worcestershire FA Senior Professional Cup Runners-up: 1983–84 Gloucestershire FA Senior Amateur Cup Winners: 1931–32 Runners-up: 1929–30, 1932–33 Gloucestershire FA Junior…